Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

It may have had a bearing on human sexuality and ... forests in the part of Africa lying in the rainshadow to the east and south of the great domed-up Rift Valley." These open spaces were a ...

Researchers believe that members of the human family - hominids ... fossils in East and Southern Africa, mainly based around the Great Rift Valley - a fracture in the earth's surfaces that ...

Series exploring east Africa's Great Rift Valley. On the vast savannahs ... to develop a social system that paved the way for the evolution of mankind.

While the East African Rift Valley is an area of active tectonics ... Still well beyond the scope of human life, but much ...

Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds ... far beyond human generations—it highlights the dynamic nature of our ...

The East African Rift ... Earth's constant evolution. As Africa shifts, the forces shaping our planet highlight the dynamic interplay of geology, ecology, and human adaptation.